Heaven or Hell

Is there life after death ?Is there a heaven ?Is there a hell ?Is there rebirth or reincarnation ?

Answers to all these is a matter of conviction. To each his own such that caveat is the best rule.

The only certain element is "death" in the first question - which too has to be confined to death of the body and not the soul for if the latter were to die the succeeding questions would be defunct.

Whichever way different schools of thought look at these, a universal phenomenon on the death of someone is to say that he/she left for his/her "heavenly" abode. Even when an otherwsie devilous character dies, there would certainly be some people who would be inclined to believe that the deceased has departed to heaven. Then again, there indeed is a negative side of even the noblest entities.

So therefore, whether one goes or experiences heaven or hell is something we cannot arbitrate on. Essentialy these are complex subjective issues whose weightage to various aspects cannot be an objectively graded exercise.This therefore fortifies that good deeds beckon heaven and evil acts push towards hell.

Good deeds are like "fixed deposits".

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Heavenly luxuries or comforts are the interest on these deposits. Bad deeds constitute the premature redemption of the units of the deposit which thus cut into the interest retrospectively. Alternatively, good deeds are the advance rental for accomodation in heaven. Once the advance rental is consumed or appropriated, one has to come back and experience normalcy (or rebirth).

Prudence warrants that our good deeds outweigh the bad ones with sincere endeavour to minimize the latter's incidence. For if this is achieved, heaven would be ours to enjoy perpetually whether on earth or after death. There would be no coming back and we would be free of the cycle of birth and death and rebirth.